"wiki crack" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From wiki + crack (cocaine). Etymology templates: {{com|en|wiki|crack|alt2=crack (cocaine)}} wiki + crack (cocaine) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} wiki crack (uncountable)
  1. (Wikimedia jargon, humorous) A notional drug, likened to crack cocaine, supposed to cause individuals to become addicted to editing Wikipedia. Tags: humorous, uncountable Categories (topical): Wiki
    Sense id: en-wiki_crack-en-noun-BWT1Yr17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "Then one night he corrected an error in an article about Jewish holidays. You can do that?! It was his first inhalation of Wiki crack. He became one of Wikipedia's earliest registered users and wrote his first article—on Muckleshoot, a Washington State Indian tribe. Since then, he has made more than 16,000 contributions.",
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          "text": "Sites like Wikipedia are more in the middle, perhaps. Maybe people are drawn in by one initial topic and discover wikicrack and turn to a wider range of articles. (I know I have devoted a lot of time to topics I don't actually care about simply because I was wikiaddicted.)",
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